Abstract
The development of biomass-based (“bio-based”) chemicals and materials has really taken off over the past decade. Technology has been developed and upscaled from lab scale to demo scale, and for some chemicals the technology has been sufficiently developed to enable commercial production. Current production is often just a fraction of the petrochemical market, but the growth is impressive and it is expected that production will increase considerably in the coming years. There are also examples of chemical building blocks based on bio-based raw materials that have been in production for years. The chemical sector is developing clean and sustainable production processes to convert biomass into a wide range of existing and new products. This means that in coming years the production of synthetic materials will be mainly based on biomass-based raw materials. This chapter addresses the challenges and opportunities that arise in the future for the bioblocks industry.
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